Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible.

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

The most beautiful landscapes in the world, if they evoke no memory, if they bear no trace of a remarkable event, are uninteresting compared to historic landscapes.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.